Felipe Lopez
--------------------------------
English/Spanish
Felipe López Flórez
Colombian,
Education
2023 - Master of Fine Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University
2019 - Master’s Degree: Master in Art Education, National University of Colombia
2017 - Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Arts, National University of Colombia
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Autopoiesis - Munson Museum of Arts - Fountain Elms Museum. Utica NY, US
2022 - Monumento Desmontado - Mission Hill Galery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Group Exhibitions
2024 - Feria del Millón, Bogotá Colombia
- Presentes unos y otros - Adrian Ibañez Gallery, Bogotá Colombia
- Where Do We Come From and Where Will We Go? – Goethe Institut Boston, Boston, MA
- Lenguajes en Papel- El Museo Gallery. Bogotá Colombia
2023 - SMFA Art Sale - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
PRATT Munson Faculty Exhibition - Fountain Elms Museum. Utica NY, US
RISD Faculty Exhibition - Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
Been Here Before, MFA Thesis Show – Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA
End of the Year Show - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
Heavy Pedestaling – Mission Hill GalerySchool of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
Print and Paper Area Show - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
Pop up show MFAs Boston – Lunder Gallery, Lesley. Cambridge MA
Salón Nacional de dibujo - Adrián Ibáñez Gallery, Bogotá Colombia
2022 - SMFA Art Sale - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
ASA Program Open Studios Exhibition – University of Fine Arts HFBK ASA Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Drawing and Painting Area Show - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston, MA
Visions and Revisions, First year MFA Show – Nearby Gallery - Boston (Newton), MA
2021- 22 - Small works – Royal Society of American Art (RSOAA), Brooklyn, NY
2021 - SMFA Art Sale - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University, Boston MA
Pintura Inmortal - El Museo Gallery. Bogotá Colombia
+ Artworks - El Garaje Gallery, Bogotá Colombia
Salón Nacional de dibujo - Bogotá Colombia
2020 - Plaza de la discordia - Art Projects Room, Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia
2019 - Spotlight selection - Barcú Art Fair, Bogotá, Colombia
10th Salón Arte Joven - El Nogal Club, Bogotá, Colombia
2018 - Accuracy – El Garaje Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Pure Drawing – El Garaje Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2017- 18 - Ecstasy – El Garaje Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - 9th Salón Arte Joven - El Nogal Club, Bogotá, Colombia
XXV Spring in Cajicá Exhibition - Cultural Center of Cajicá, Cajicá, Colombia
2016 - Exposada Exhibition - Oaxaca subsuelo, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
2015 - Process from Fire - National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 - X Barrio Bienal Art Exhibition – Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Bogotá, Colombia
2011 - X Barrio Bienal Art Exhibition – Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO), Bogotá, Colombia
Art Paris 2011 - Digital Stand Saatchi Gallery, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
Honors/Awards
2024 - Ganador V Salón de Arte Joven FUGA - Fase preselección - Programa Distrital de Estímulos
- Nominee to the 2024 AICAD Postgraduate Teaching Fellowship
2023 - Residency, Artist in Residence Painting and Drawing - Pratt Munson College of Art and Design, Utica, NY
Postgraduate Teaching Fellowship - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Museum Council Sculpture prize - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Dean’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University – Boston, MA
Graduate Teaching Assistant Intro. to Papermaking - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University. Boston, MA, United States
2022 - Montague International Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University - Boston
Hamburg Exchange Fellowship, Art School Alliance (ASA)- School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University & University of Fine Arts (HFBK) Hamburg, Germany.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Bumps on the Wall - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University.Boston, MA, United States
Graduate Teaching Assistant The Bridge - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University.Boston, MA, United States
2021 - MFA Merit Scholarship Award - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University
Colfuturo Loan/Scholarship Grantee - Colfuturo
2020 - Opportunity Fund Program Grantee - EducationUSA, U.S. Department of State network
2019 - Member of the Talent Recruitment Program - Colfuturo
2018 - Graduate Teaching Assistant (Drawing II Course) (Granted twice) - National University of Colombia, Arts Undergraduate Program , Bogotá Colombia
2017 - Automatic Admission to a Graduate Program Distinction - Top 10% of graduates with the highest GPA in the Arts Department, National University of Colombia
First Place, XXV Spring in Cajicá Award - Municipal Institute of Culture and Tourism of Cajicá.
Winner, Call for Drawing Marathon “Fiesta en Bogotá”- District Institute of Arts IDARTES - District Incentive Program
Honourable Mention, “Dibujatón”: Draw Bogota’s Cultural Heritage - District Institute of Cultural Heritage IDPC - District Incentive Program
2011 - Second place Call “X Barrio Bienal” District Institute of Arts IDARTES - District Incentive Program
Teaching/ Work Experience
2024 - Part Time Faculty - Drawing III - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2024 - Artist in Residence - Adjunct professor Visualization-Representation-Concept and Drawing I and II - PRATT Munson, Utica NY, United States (Spring Semester)
2023 -24 Postgraduate Teaching Fellow in Drawing- Introduction to Drawing Intensive - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University. Boston, MA, United States (Fall & Spring)
2023 - Artist in Residence-Adjunct professor Visualization-Representation and Life Study I - PRATT Munson, Utica NY, United States (Fall Semester)
2023 - Instructor Drawing Foundations Summer Pre-College Program, Continuing Education, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, RI, United States.
2023 - Graduate Teaching Assistant Int to Papermaking - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University. Boston, MA, United States (Spring Semester)
2022 - Graduate Teaching Assistant Bumps on The Wall - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University. Boston, MA, United States (Fall Semester)
2022 - Graduate Teaching Assistant The Bridge - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS University. Boston, MA, United States (Spring Semester)
2021 - Instructor, (Intermediate painting) - National University of Colombia, Art Department, Continuing Education Program (remote)
2018 - 21 Instructor, (Oil Painting Fundamentals)- National University of Colombia, Art Department, Continuing Education Program. Bogotá, Colombia,
2019 - 20 Professor (Drawing Expression: Human figure drawing & Oil Painting Fundamentals)- Guerrero Academy of Arts, Bogotá, Colombia, (Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
2019 - 20 Instructor, (Drawing and Painting Program), Trescientosuno Atelier, Bogotá, Colombia
2019 - Instructor, Instituto Distrital de las Artes IDARTES, CREA District Program, Bogotá, Colombia
2018 - 19 Adjunct Professor (Experimental Drawing I & II; Creativity and Creation Lab II) Fabula Academy of Arts, Arts Department, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - 18 Advisor and Assistant Education Project, (Laboratory for Cultural Entrepreneurs and Galleries from the Visual Arts sector of Bogotá),
Project sponsored by UNESCO and CCB, NC- Arte- Education Project, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - Instructor and Mediator, (Art Labs for Vulnerable Populations & IX Luis Caballero Award),
Instituto Distrital de las Artes IDARTES, Santa Fe Gallery, Mediation School Lab Santa Fe Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - Graduate Research Assistant, (Inter- Institutional conference about Arts teaching in Colombia)
2016 - 17 Student Researcher, Research and Creation group about Drawing and Arts Sutilezas, National University of Colombia, Bogotá Colombia
2015 - 17 Group Drawing from life practice coordinator and Teacher’s assistant and- Trescientosuno Atelier, Bogotá, Colombia
Lectures/ Others
2023 - Artist Talk, Artist in Residence - PRATT Munson, Museum of Art, Utica NY, United States
2022 - Artist talk, Monumento desmontado solo exhibition School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University – Boston, MA
Member of the Curatorial team for the exhibition Visions and Revisions. School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University – Boston, MA
Jury for the Scholastic Arts & Writing Award Massachusetts section, Boston, MA, United States
2021 - Guest artist speaker for the Arts After Darks Event - Medford Art Center, Medford, MA, United States, December 08
2014 - 18 - Visiting Professor and Lecturer
Master Class: Madness and Artistic Creation, “Visual Arts and Madness”
Konrad Lorenz University, Psychology Program, Bogotá, Colombia
(August 2014, May/ November 2015, May 2016, April/ August 2017, September 2018)
2018 - Lecturer
Third Artistic Education Colloquium, “Within the emergence of a draughtsman”
Sponsored by the National Museum of Colombia in association with National University of
Colombia, Bogotá Colombia, December 12.
2016 - Mediator and Instructor, (Sighting, Drawing Workshop), National Museum of Colombia in association with National University of Colombia, Bogotá Colombia
Reviews and Articles
2024 “Paper monuments, national memory: Pondering the power”, Utica Observer Dispatch by Ellen E. Mintzer
2022 “Monumental power”, SMFA news and stories, by Danna Lorch, Boston, MA
https://smfa.tufts.edu/news/monumental-power
Complementary education
2019 - Painting workshop, Alla Prima Painting, color exploration, Trescientosuno Atelier (30 hours)
2017 - Teaching Strategies for Developing Thinking Skills, National Training Service (SENA) (40 hours)
2016 - Drawing Workshop: Drawing techniques and processes, Trescientosuno Atelier (40 hours)
2016 - Painting workshop: Alla Prima oil painting technique, Trescientosuno Atelier (48 hours)
2015 - Painting course: Painting Fundamentals, Trescientosuno Atelier (48 hours)
2014 - Figure Drawing and Painting with Sight Size Approach, Trescientosuno Atelier (30 hours)
2014 - Intensive Anatomic Drawing Workshop, Trescientosuno Atelier (15 hours)
2014 - Special Course in Basic Pedagogy for Integral Professional Education, (SENA) (150 hours)